Improvement in machinery for rolling tobacco



W. P. MARSTONJ Cigar Machine.

No. 4,485. Patented April 25, 1846.

NITED STATES PATENT lues.

WM. P. MARSTON, OF DANVILLE, VIRGINIA.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 4,485, dated April '25, 1846.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. MARsToN, of Danville, in the county of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Machine for Rolling Tobacco; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views, and Fig. 3 a transverse section.

The machine is constructed by fitting three upright pieces of timber or metal, X, Y, and Z, into a platform, 1?, of the same material. The outer and middle uprights, X and Y, have each a piece of timber, S S, (which pieces S are connected by a brace, M,) affixed to them by a hinge at F F, which is screwed over the top of the uprights X and Y and pieces S S, and thus enables the pieces to be raised up to open the machine, or lowered down to close it, at pleasure. Thus I have constructed a folding frame. At any given distance above the platform 1?, and through the folding frame thus constructed, the axes of a series of rollers are made to pass in a circle. To the axis of each roller, (and on that side of the folding frame toward the third upright, Z,) is fastened a cog or friction wheel, 02.. These wheels are so placed in reference to each other that they do not touch, and at the same time each comes in contact with and is turned by a cog or friction wheel, L, permanently affixed to a crank, B. The axis of this crank passes through the center of the circle formed by the cogwheels a n and into the uprightY of the folding frame. ported by the upright Z, the top of which is formed to receive it, and this, with the upright Y, supports the crank.

To the platform P is attached a piece of timber, N, which is also a part of the platform. Into this piece N is fitted an upright, Q, the upper part of which is formed to receive a roller, q, and so as to allow it freely to revolve upon its axis. The upright Q. may be braced The other end of the crank is supin any convenient way. Around the roller q and one of the rollers R of the folding frame is an endless cloth, A, in a horizontal position. This cloth, by passing around the roller R, is made to pass into and out of the machine, above and below the roller R, by the same motion of the crank that turns the rollers R, and the friction of this cloth upon the roller R turns the roller q.

Near the lower end of the pieces S S is screwed a bar, I, which fastens the two parts of the folding frame together, or opens them at will, to allow the tobacco to drop out. A metallic circle, E, of proper diameter, having its center in the center of thecircle formed by the rollers R and its axis, projecting through the outer face of X, regulates the length of the roll by being pushed in or pulled out at will.

The machine is worked in the following.

an envelope is made to the tobacco within.

By unfastening the bar I' and shoving it outward, the folding frame opens and the tobacco,

thus rolled and enveloped, drops out.

What I therefore claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of a series of rollers in a circle, in a hinge or folding frame with proper gearing to give them all a similar motion, in

combination with a feeding apparatus, as de scribed, the whole being constructed, com bined, and operating substantially as herein set forth.

WM. P. MARSTON.

Witnesses:

THOS. TYSON, WAsHINc'roN B. Ross. 

